Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-10-28
POLITICAL NOTES.

On Saturday last, eight or ten of the Re
,, publican leaders of RockbrIdge held con.
ference in the grand jury room Of the
| court house and nominated j. Julius
Moore and j. r. Mccormick, for the
House. A letter from Lexington says
| Charles AilstOck and Race Lindsay, two
| of the most Influential men in the party
| have denounced the conference as packed
in the Malone interest, and announced
| their intention TO vote for the Democratic
! nominees.
The Republican Executive Committee
of Richmond has endorsed the four RE.
form" candidates for the House of Dele
gates, Ryall, Bland, Parrish and Graves.
! One has been Republican all the time
ana the other three have severed from
I the Democratic party. The bargain is that
they, if elected, shall vote for Republicans
| for U. s. Senator and all the State officers.
| and in return the Republicans OF Rich
mond shall support Reform nominees for
| all the city offices next Spring, The Dem
ocratic majorities in that city for the last
three years have been as follows: 1884,
1873: 1885, $500; 1886, 2,4O6-an average
of about 2. 200.
Jas. G.. Weaver, ex-Supt. of Public
Schools in Aceomac, is out as an Indepen-
dent against s. s. Wilkins (Dem.) for the
House, and will receive the Republican
support.
The Republican Convention of Norfolk
oil Il; ot, i
ex-ochool Supt. Banks for the House, also
adopted resolution approving the course
OF Gen. Malone but endorsing the candi-
dacy of Gen. v. d. Groner for the U. s.
Senatorship
The Portsmouth Democrats have nomi-
mated Capt. r. l.. Herbert for the House
over the present delegate Porter.
A series of twelve Democratic meetings
is announced in Nelson. daily. to close
November 7Uh, and Messrs. H. st. Geo.
Tucker and Meade F, White are announc-
ed to speak at some Of them. Mr.. Tucker
spoke at Lovingston On Monday last, court
day.
John W. Woltz, the independent editor
of that Independent paper, the Freder-
icksburg Free Lance,' announces that
between VIM. Malone and John S. Bar
bour for u. Senator, he is going to vote
for that candidate for the legislature who
will if elected vote for Barbour.
There Is dish of MIXED Pickles" in
the Allegheny Bath Hi hland district. A.
M. McClIntic, the Republican nominee,
resides in Botetourt with his wife and
family, though he votes in Bath. In the
O'Ferrall- Paul contest bis vote was thrown
out because he was not citizen of Bath;
DR.. Il. z. Smith of Bath is running indie
pendent on protective tariff, anti-mo-
nopoly platform; Gen. VIM. Skeen is run
ming as an independent Repu blican, his
friends having withdrawn from the nom
mating convention, and Lewis T. Mann
of Allegheny, a Republican, is also run
ming independent. The Democrats are
merely enjoying the 6ght.
The last Virginia House of Delegates
stood Dem. IS; hep. 80, and the Senate
90; Rep. IL. All the Delegates
are to be elected Nov. 8th. but only 10 Sen
ators, the remaining 81 holding over. Of
the Senators holding over, II are Demo-
Gratis and Republicans. Of the 10 Sem
ators to be elected, 7 districts are surely |
Democratic, which With the Democratic !
hold overs makes that body certainly |
Democratic. OF the II remaining Sena-
tor:al districts, the Republicans will GER
tainly carry I; the other are doubtful.